Chief Systems Engineer

Expert Cloud Systems Engineer

At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills, and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie, and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. We offer a flexible work environment to support the balance in your life and keep you performing at your best. Be a part of a company that is part of the community; driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.

We are looking for an Expert Cloud Systems Engineer to lead a team of engineers on a technology-based program supporting a key government customer. This program will deliver engineering services for network infrastructure as well as sophisticated enterprise computing infrastructure including end-point devices, cloud services as well as virtualized applications, and storage systems. Enterprise computing engineering services include modern application technology including containerized solutions with orchestrated workflow that function in the cloud. Network infrastructure engineering services are comprised of core infrastructure, field engineering, application management and development for networks, network analytics, firewalls, network access controls, and bandwidth service delivery. This is a fast-paced, challenging, and career rewarding experience to recruit and develop provide top talent and solutions on one of the most complex and high-profile programs within the government customer community.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading a team of 15-20 engineers
• Partner with the program manager, deputy PM, and chief architect to ensure smooth program execution, strong team building, defending work share and growing scope
• Responsible for providing technical leadership to multidisciplinary design teams in the design, development, fielding, and support of the system
• Represent the technical team to project managers, PTLs, functions and executive leadership
• Responsible for developing the overall technical solution for a product or system
• Decision authority between the system architect and entire engineering team and is responsible for developing the overall technical solution for the system
• Influences system design, development, test, and verification
• Responsible for identifying and communicating technical risks and opportunities between the design team, system architect and program management team
• Ensures design to cost is part of the overall solution. Performs as the technical POC to the customer in support of the PM and PTL
• Performs system design, technical performance, and other system needs, provide technical stewardship of the engineering effort for the entire program ensuring the solution meets customer programmatic and technical requirements within the allocated engineering cost and schedule

Required education, experience, and skills:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a STEM program and a minimum of 10 years' relevant experience
• Active Security + (or certification to meet DODD 8140)
• 10+ years' experience in support of a government customer
• 11 years of technology development experience
• Experience leading successful engineering teams
• Expertise working with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), test automation and/or DevSecOps on iterative development projects
• Experience developing and overseeing implementation of technology investment plans in support of modernization and technology advancement strategies
• Experience developing technology roadmaps in support of technology modernization planning
• Experience managing technology development programs/projects to achieve cost, schedule, and technical performance expectations
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively interact with stakeholders across the organization to achieve technology development and program strategic objectives
• Lead and oversee a total system perspective including technical understanding of relationships, dependencies, and requirements of cloud, on-premise, and hybrid services, infrastructure, and security domains
• Expert troubleshooting and solutioning skills
• Solid engineering rigor
• Ability to accurately solution and document complex infrastructures, system level integration and test of systems and subsystems
• System verification and validation
• Definition of system specifications, design, integration approach, and hardware/software compatibility
• Preparation, installation, and maintenance of system components
• Post-install and post-upgrade system analysis and reporting
• Creation and updates of technical documentation
• Virtualization experience (VDI)
• Significant AWS Cloud experience
• Experience with ElasticSearch for search and analytics
• Agile software development life cycle
• Experience with cross domain capabilities

Preferred education, experience, and skills:

• Familiarity with digital model based engineering (MBSE)
• Integration of virtualized applications and application streaming or layering techniques
• Developing integration interface across PowerShell, JAVA, .NET, C++, python and similar platforms

Pay Information:

Full-time salary range: $146,670 - $249,330. Please note: this range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Intelligence & Security:

BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace, and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions, and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a teammaking a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

Intelligence & Security (I&S), based in McLean, Virginia, designs and delivers advanced defense, intelligence, and security solutions that support the important missions of our customers. Our pride and dedication show in everything we dofrom intelligence analysis, cyber operations and IT expertise to systems development, systems integration, and operations and maintenance services. Knowing that our work enables the U.S. military and government to recognize, manage and defeat threats inspires us to push ourselves and our technologies to new levels.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.